Dogsled Express’s Trails out of Snow
Unfortunately, our trails have run out of snow. As far as I can see, there is no significant snow accumulating storms out there for at least the next 10 days. We are keeping our hopes up that there may be a storm out there that will give us the 12″ of fresh snow that we need to get going again.
It saddens us so that we have been having to cancel so many tours. Not only for the monetary end of it, ( only 10% of previous seasons),but because we haven’t been able to fullfil the dreams of those planning to go on a tour with us. One blessing that has happenned this year is that I have realized how much I enjoy giving tours. I miss the excitement of the kids and thier parents as the dogs get wound up when we begin putting thier harnesses on. I gave many short rides last weekend and one Dad kept carrying on how much the kids loved it and Mom was all excited of how fun it was. Dad said it was the most fun he has had with his kids at an outdoor adventure and can’t wait to come back next year for the full tour. Simply, it is moments like that, that make my heart soar with pride of the product we are producing for our clients. I can also see the pleasure it gives my canine children by the smiles on their faces!!
We will work hard this summer to stay above water so that when the snows return, we will be here waiting to serve you and yours. It is truely a love of the sport and the joy that it bring our customers that will keep me doing this as long as this aging body of mine can still do it. We missed seeing many our annual return customers and the many that we weren’t able meet due to the driest winter since possibly 1977!!!!
If you paid a deposit and cannot go on your scheduled tour this season, you can hold it over to next season or write me and I will send you a refund check.
Have a safe and fruitful summer. May the eyes of our Creator shine on you and yours. Pat and Lisa
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Dogsled Express…Ladies Super Bowl Weekend Special
Super Bowl Weekend is a highlight for avid professional football fans like myself. My wife doesn’t share the same excitement! If you can relate with my wife, why don’t you and a girl friend go together for a tour with Dogsled Express. Let the hubby watch all those pre-game specials while you are enjoying the great outdoors and can still get home to watch the game and all the fun new commercials!!!! Dogsled Express is giving a special $10 off for each lady, for a savings of $20 on your tour. Hope to hear from you soon. Pat
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Beautiful Trails For Dogsled Express Tours
We have 36″ of beautiful snow on our trails. This picture says it all. Come and enjoy the best that nature can offer powered by highly trained team of huskies. Thanks Beth, for the picture. They drove all the way from Ontario, CA (near Riverside) and said it was well worth the trip and want to return again to try the tandem sled. Hope to see you soon.
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Dogsled Express Open for Business
We are open for tours Sat. January 21st. Thanks to everyone for thier patience. We finally have some good snow with more to come for the next few days. Hope to hear back from all those folks who called earlier in the season to go out on a tour with Dogsled Express.
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Dogsled Express’s Projected Openning
The weather forecast is calling for 10 to 14″‘s of snow Tuesday night and Wednesday, followed by some rain and then more snow. Tours should be available by the weekend of Jan 19th, 20th and 21st. To check the weather forecast at our trailhead go to skipark.com and click on more weather and after that page comes up click agin on more weather and you will get the 5 day forecast at the elevation and location of Dogsled Express’s Trailhead. Hope to here from you soon.
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Snow Coming to Dogsled Express Trails
Starting this Sunday it is predicted that we will start getting our long awaited snow. Tuesday is the first day of any accumulation and Weds. Thurs. Friday and Sat we have 60% chance of moisture. With the predicted temps I believe we will get the snow pack on our trail for being open for business by the weekend of the 19th on. We will know more as it nears and we get our predicted snow accumulations from NOAA on our trail location. (not the city of Mount Shasta…. being there is a major elevation difference. We will post more as soon as we know more. Thanks for your patience and pray for snow. Pat
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Dogsled Express Tours- We miss our Clients
You know the old saying, “You don’t know what you’ve got until it is gone”. That is the way myself and the dogs feel this Holiday Season. We get so used to seeing our regular clients and so look forward to meeting new folks. I find that the type of folks that want to go on a sled dog tour are very interesting to meet and to get to know. I miss the elderly twin sisters that talked, giggled and screeched the whole trip. There are the quiet ones that hardly say a word during the ride, and after the tour, give you a big hug with tears in thier eyes, thanking you for being able to scratch off one of the things on thier wish list. Or the little boy that that only spoke in grunts and noises, when I asked him what he thought of the dogs, began to speak in complete sentances, in amazement of his counselor. The memories are a mile long. I miss the opportunity to meet you’all simply because of this determined high pressure weather front. The only time I remember this before was in 1991 and hopefully we will have a late cool, snowy spring like we did that year.
I think the dogs miss it more than any of us though. You can see the saddness in thier eyes hoping that this is the day they go to the trailhead to run on snow instead of pulling that ATV on the same frozen dirt road. They miss all the love and praise from myself and the passengers, and especially the meat treats they get after each tour.
We still are getting over 150 hits a week on our website, so hopefully when the snow comes, and it will, that those interested will schedule your tour and not wait until next season. We need the work this year so we can remain in business next year so we can share creating memories for our lifetimes.
My family of humans and canines are healthy and as we know, that is the most important thing. Wishing you and yours a blessed 2012. Hope to hear from you as soon as the snow hits.
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Quiet Christmas for Dogsled Express
Ready to serve you
This is the quietest Christmas we’ve have had in 19 years!!!! In the past Dogsled Express has always been in operation by Dec. 18th. Not this year. I am sitting home with the dogs (ready to give you the time of your life), looking across to the log cabin wondering why we aren’t playing at the trailhead. In the past we have done so well during the Holidays that it has often brought in 30% to 40% of our business for the season. This lack of snow is devestating, not only to us, but to the local vendors, hotels and motels. Not to mention all of the families that are dependent on jobs from the Mount Shasta Ski Park just a half mile up the road from us. We all hope that you will still come up to visit our beautiful mountain as soon as we get the needed snow pack.
Our past customers are always amazed at how friendly the folks are up here and how we aim to make your visit to Siskiyou County a wonderful experience so that you will continue to come here for your winter vacations. I challenge you to compare prices of food, lodging and lift tickets to the Tahoe area. It is a fact that you will save enough in a couple of days stay, you can save enough to pay for your Dogsled Express tour and still get home with $ saved from those other high dollar destinations. We need your business during these winter months to carry us over to start up again the following season. Especially in the case of our business. It is not like a rental company where you can set the equiptment down for the summer months and there is no cost. These dogs that serve our customers eat a thousand $’s a month in dog food!!! Please consider rescheduling your winter trip so you can experience first hand what we have to offer you and your loved ones.
The advantage to not be giving tours right now is that I actually get to spend more time with my wife Lisa and take in some of the Holidays visiting and spending time with friends and loved ones. Trying to make peaks out of valleys. Merry Christmas and have a wonderful New Years. Hope to hear from all of you soon. Pat & Lisa
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Snow coming to Dogsled Express Trails
Finally there is snow in the forecast, starting the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. None to soon but we will take it. Hopefully it will be enough to get started by the 23rd tours scheduled. After last year’s lack of snow in January and then rains for 6 consecutive weekend and then two dumpings of 10 ft in March, made for a below average year for Dogsled Express’s business. Hopefully all those that wanted to go last year will want to fullfill their dream this season. Please tell your friends of us so we can continue next year to offer a service that our clients can enjoy and remember for a lifetime. Looking forward to hearing from you and your’s and Happy Holidays.
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Dogsled Express Ready for Tours, Snow Pending
We are ready and anxious to get our season started. We are just one snow of six inches or more to get started. There is a good base on 95% of the trail, but we have a couple of 300ft stretches of bare trail. Hopefully we will get a change in the forecast before our first booked tours on the 23rd. My personal friend at the National Weather Service says there is a large storm foreseen on Xmas Eve. Maybe it will come in a little early. THINK SNOW!
Looking for snow
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